The purpose of the Rules of Engagement for Firefighter Survival and the Incident Commanders Rules of Engagement for Firefighter Safety are to provide “recommended best practices model procedures” for the fire service and other agencies to use in the design and adoption of … [Read more...]

A Fire Department Guide to Implementing NFPA 1582
SHS Board adopts new Name for the Guide at Mid Winter Board Meeting in Charlotte.
The Emergency Services Road Map to Health and Wellness
A new product coming soon from SHS and … [Read more...]

Will your family be entitled to federal, state, and local benefits as survivors of a public safety officer killed in the line of duty while off-duty? This is an incredibly difficult question with no easy answers. In an effort to assist Fire Chiefs, the SHS Section has produced … [Read more...]

FSTAR and the IAFC will be hosting a Firefighter Memorial Wall and a Firefighter Survival Wall. The walls are a place to post a photo or a name of a firefighter who has dealt with or is currently dealing with job-related health issues.

FSTAR has created a list of additional related materials for training. Fire departments are encouraged to suspend all non-emergency activity during Safety Stand Down in order to focus on training and education related to this year’s theme: “The First 5 Minutes – Stretching the Initial Hose Line, Putting Water on the Fire.”

Just before 8:30 p.m. crews in Muscatine arrived in the 1100 block of Kansas Street for a structure fire. Responding crews found smoke and fire coming from inside a garage that was attached to a home. They also found smoke coming from the home. Officials say the fire spread to the second floor of the […]

Two Chicago firefighters were taken to hospitals with minor injuries Wednesday after a staircase collapsed as they battled an extra-alarm fire at a West Rogers Park apartment building, authorities said. A mayday response, which signals a firefighter has become trapped or lost in a fire, was called for a blaze in a 3-story brick apartment […]

Crews arrived at a Privilege Street commercial building late Monday morning to find thick, black smoke billowing into the air. The call came in around 10:30 a.m. and required mutual aid from several surrounding communities. “On arrival, crews were presented with heavy smoke coming out the ventilation system through the processing plant as well as some […]

One person was injured in a crash involving a fire truck early Monday morning, Houston police said. The crash was reported around 2 a.m. on the Southwest Freeway at Hillcroft. Police cleared the scene around 5 a.m. KTRK reported that the crash happened after a suspected drunken driver hit another car, causing it to hit the […]

Three firefighters were hurt while battling a second-alarm fire in an uzbek bakery Monday morning, said FDNY officials. The blaze sparked in the basement of Fortuna Cafe Bakery at 1406 18th Ave. at about 1:30 a.m., according to an FDNY tweet. Three firefighters were taken to an Maimonides Hospital with minor injuries, according to the […]